Cybersecurity
EU: These are scary times – let’s backdoor encryption!
ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent's denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants to backdoor encryption by 2026, or even sooner.…
Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare
Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure Comment Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it's not floods or fires causing most outages anymore - ransomware now leads the pack, taking down systems…
Customer info allegedly stolen from Royal Mail, Samsung via compromised supplier
Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit Britain's Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it has put 144GB of the delivery giant’s data up for sale, perhaps after acquiring it with the same stolen credentials it used to crack…
Oracle’s masterclass in breach comms: Deny, deflect, repeat
Fallout shows how what you say must be central to disaster planning Opinion Oracle is being accused of poor incident comms as it reels from two reported data security mishaps over the past fortnight, amid a reluctance to publicly acknowledge all of the events as well as allegedly…
Don’t let cyberattacks keep you down
Learn how Infinidat’s enterprise cyber storage solutions can enable near-immediate recovery Sponsored Post It's not a question of if your organization gets hit by a cyberattack - only when, and how quickly it recovers.…
For healthcare orgs, disaster recovery means making sure docs can save lives during ransomware infection
Organizational, technological resilience combined defeat the disease that is cybercrime When IT disasters strike, it can become a matter of life and death for healthcare organizations – and criminals know it.…
Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence
Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue Specialist class action lawyers have launched proceedings against Oracle in Texas over two alleged data breaches.…
One of the last of Bletchley Park’s quiet heroes, Betty Webb, dies at 101
Kept quiet for 30 years before becoming an 'unrivalled advocate' for the site Obit Betty Webb MBE, one of the team who worked at the code-breaking Bletchley Park facility during the Second World War, has died at the age of 101.…
Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition
Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of the company's journey to dominance?…
Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users
The UK government must be thrilled Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.…